Heel-breasting machine.



W. H. ALBEE.

HEEL BREASTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6. 1915.

1,202,014. Patented Oct. 24,1916.

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HEEL BREASTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, I915.

Patented 00th 24,1916.

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WILLIAM H. ALBEE, OF MABLBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

HEEL-BREASTING MACHINE.

Application filed November 6, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. ALBEE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Marlboro, in the county of Middlesex, in the State ofMassachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inHeeLBreasting Machines, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to heel breasting machines andmore particularlyto means for cutting and removing the breasting chips and the object ofmy invention is to provide suitable means to cut the chip fromthe heeland to remove said chip from the path of travel of the cutter.

With this and other objects in view, my invention consists in certainnovel devices, combinations and arrangements of parts as will behereinafter fully described and more specifically pointed out in theappended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, I have shown certain parts of my heelbreasting machines sufiicient to enable those skilled in the art tounderstand the construction and operation thereof.

Referring to these drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my heelbreasting machine, Fig. 2 is an end view of Fig. 1 looking in thedirection of arrow a same figure; in this view some of the parts areomitted and some broken away. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the partsshown in Fig. 1. Some of the parts in this view are shown in a differentposition. Fig. 4 is a sectional view, similar to Fig. 3, showingparticularly the cut chips about to be discharged; the trimmed heelhaving been removed.

In the accompanying drawings, 10 is the base portion of the main frame,having an upright bearing 11 in which is loosely mounted the shaftportion 12 of the cutter holder plate 13. A spring 14 encircles theshaft 12 and bears at one end against the bearing 11. The other end ofsaid spring 14 has its bearing against a flange portion 12 onthe saidshaft 12. Said spring 14 acts to retain the cutter holder plate in itsupper position, (see Fig. 1).

15 is the cutter and is preferably of curved contour. Said cutter issecured to the holder plate 13 by means of a screw 16. Adjustablysecured to the base portion 10, by. bolts 17, is a U shaped member 18having a recess 19 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24, 1916.

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therein, in which are loosely guided the ends of a bar 20 provided withlugs 20 Said bar 20 has its ends loosely mounted on pins 21 said pins 21having their lower ends secured in the member 18. The upper ends of saidpins 21 are secured to the caps 22 which are mounted on the member 18. Aspring 23 encircles each pin 21 and acts to retain the bar 20 in itsproper position.

24 is a wood block secured in the member 18 by means of screws 25.

26ois the heel to be breasted and is guided into the proper position bylugs 20 and a guide member 27, (see Fig. 4) adjustably secured to themember 18 by bolts.

I will briefly describe the operation of the above mechanism. The heelis first placed by the operator on the block 24, under and in the pathof the cutting knife 15. Thecutter 15 is then forced downwardly into theheel by means of a cam or other suitable mechanism, (not shown)operating on the flange portion, 12 of the shaft 12 (see Fig. 3). Bymeans of bolts 28 adjustably secured in the plate 13, the bearing 20 isforced down with the travel of the cutter thus disengaging and carryingthe lugs 2O below the heel, (Fig. 3). After the cutter 15 has completedits operation, the spring 14 encircling the shaft 12 will cause thecutter 15 to be carried upward to its normal position, the bolts 28releasing the bar 20. The springs 23 will then force said bar 20 upwardto its normal position.

The lugs 20 engage and discharge the breasting chip, 26*,through anopening in the base portion 10, into a proper receptacle.

Having thus described my invention, it

will be evident that many changes and modi- WILLIAM H. ALBEE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe commissioner of Patents. Washington, I). 0.

